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bribery

[brahy-buh-ree] / ˈbraɪ bə ri /
NOUN
blackmail
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bribe extortion
STRONG
exaction milking payoff protection ransom tribute
WEAK
hush money slush fund
NOUN
corruption
Synonyms
STRONGEST
crime exploitation extortion fraud graft malfeasance nepotism
STRONG
crookedness demoralization jobbery misrepresentation payoff payola racket shadiness shuffle skimming squeeze unscrupulousness venality
WEAK
breach of trust bribing fiddling fraudulency on the take profiteering shady deal
Antonyms
WEAK
cleanliness cleanness decency goodness honesty honor kindness pureness purification purity sterility truthfulness wholesomeness
NOUN
payola
Synonyms
STRONG
graft payoff
NOUN
villainousness
Synonyms
STRONG
bestiality crime crookedness demoralization depravity exploitation extortion fraud graft immorality jobbery malfeasance misrepresentation nepotism payoff payola perversion racket shadiness shuffle skimming squeeze turpitude unscrupulousness venality vice villainy wickedness
WEAK
breach of trust bribing fiddling flagitiousness fraudulency on the take profiteering shady deal
Antonyms
STRONG
justice virtue

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Lee Jae-yong has always denied the fraud charges, but was found guilty of bribery in 2017.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

His son: the man who would later become tangled up in a huge corruption and bribery scandal that would last the next 10 years.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

The U.S.-Mexico trade pact “requires our governments to criminalize bribery and corruption and enforce codes of conduct for public officials,” the ambassador noted as he closed his remarks.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

Hui Ka Yan, the disgraced Chinese real-estate tycoon who once ranked among the world’s richest men, pleaded guilty to charges of financial misconduct and bribery last week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Gilly jiggled her foot through a Central American earthquake and the bribery trial of a congressman from who cared where.

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson

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